Preparing for pandemics in the modern world /

"The Black Death. Cholera. Spanish flu. Swine flu. HIV/AIDS. COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Each of these pandemics has made (or, is making) a lasting impact on humanity. From the immediate mental image of the beaked masks worn in the Middle Ages (bubonic plague) and the birth of epidemiology (cholera) t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs (supporting body.)
Otros Autores: Blackburn, Christine Crudo (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Epidemics.
Emergency management.
World health.
Pandemics > prevention & control
Disaster Planning
Global Health
Epidemics
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Santé mondiale.
Épidémies.
disaster planning.
epidemics.
Medical / Public Health.
Medical / Health Policy.
Medical / Epidemiology.
World health
Emergency management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part one. Resilience is key: lessons from past public health disasters
  • Lessons of the 1918 influenza pandemic and why they matter even more today
  • The 1918 influenza pandemic: a still-mysterious litmus test for pandemic prevention and control
  • Part two. Preventing spillover: animal vaccinations and zoonotic threats
  • The importance of ecological science and conservation programs to the one health approach
  • Leadership in one health
  • Part three. When "just-in- time isn't in time: the national security implications of supply chain disruptions during pandemics
  • Business planning for pandemics: a major gap in pandemic preparedness
  • Leveraging the role of the private sector in preparedness and response
  • Multisector preparedness: facing the next pandemic together
  • Epilogue.

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